face the strange

My second sunflower_auction request is finished! :D (And the third, and last, one is coming along nicely. :D)

Sparkly Vampire by facethestrange
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Spike & Dawn Summers
Characters: Dawn Summers, Spike (BtVS)
Additional Tags: Sunflower Auction, Fluff, Friendship, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Dawn and Spike painting each other's nails.

( art embedded under the cut )

space_swap just had creator reveals, so here's my art. :D

A Break for Strawberries by facethestrange
Fandom: Star Trek: Voyager, Firefly (TV 2002)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kaylee Frye & Naomi Wildman
Characters: Naomi Wildman, Kaylee Frye
Additional Tags: Crossover, Fanart, Drawing
Summary: Naomi shares some strawberries with her favorite engineer friend.

( art embedded under the cut )

Aaaaand another reveal of my art happened today, this time at the_mane_event. :D

Flower Queen by facethestrange
Fandom: Star Trek: Picard
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Raffi Musiker
Additional Tags: Flower Crowns, Fanart, Digital Painting
Summary: Raffi in a flower crown.

( art embedded under the cut )

Here's the round-up of the recs I posted in the second (and last) week of halfamoon. :D The first week is here.

Each post has two recs, one not-self-rec (all fics) and one self-rec (all fanart).

Day 8 - Healers and Medicine - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (twice)

Day 9 - Space - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The 100

Day 10 - Leaders - The 100 (twice)

Day 11 - Love - Orphan Black, The Hunger Games

Day 12 - Dealing With Adversity - Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: Picard

Day 13 - (Spirituality and/or) the Supernatural - Derry Girls, Pretty Little Liars/The Magicans

Day 14 - Celebrations - Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni, Pretty Little Liars/Game of Thrones

I'm doing a round-up of the first week of my halfamoon posts. :D (I know it's Day 9 already, but I want to post a round-up of the first week and then the second week. :))

Each post has two recs, one not-self-rec (all fics) and one self-rec (six pieces of fanart, one fic).

Day 1 - Under the Light of the Moon - Discworld, Yellowjackets

Day 2 - Playing Games - Star Trek: Voyager, She-ra and the Princesses of Power

Day 3 - Both Sides of the Law - Lost/True Blood, Discworld/A Song of Ice and Fire

Day 4 - Education - Derry Girls, The Magicians/Stranger Things

Day 5 - (Breaking Up and/or) Making Up - Discworld (twice)

Day 6 - Music - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Discworld

Day 7 - Family - A Song of Ice and Fire, The 100

Challenge #14 - In your own space, do the Fandom Wrap Challenge.

What were your top 5 fandoms for 2022 based on the amount of time you interacted with them?
1. Yellowjackets
2. Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
3. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
4. The Wilds
5. The Magicians or Discworld

What were your top 5 fandom spaces (Discord, Twitter, etc.) you experienced fandom in terms of time spent?
1. AO3
2. Dreamwidth
3. Reddit
4. Tumblr
5. Discord

What are the top 5 things you did to contribute to fandom in terms of time? Did you write? Comment? Send positive energy into the universe? Create art?
1. Drawing fanart
2. Participating in AO3 exchanges
3. Making lots of random graphics
4. Participating in Fandom Trumps Hate
5. Fannishly squeeing on dreamwidth

What were your top 5 most appreciated fandom contributions? (i.e. in terms of likes, kudos, reblogs, comments, etc.)
According to AO3 kudos:
1. The Endless Halloween (Death of the Endless, The Sandman)
2. Confusing New Friend (Bruno Madrigal & Camilo Madrigal, Encanto)
3. Everyone's Favorite Wedding Photo (Eda Clawthorne/Raine Whispers, Eda Clawthorne & Hooty & King & Luz Noceda & Raine Whispers, The Owl House)
4. Rooftop (Jinx/Vi, Arcane)
5. When in Doubt, Food! (Aang & Sokka, Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Have a Top 5 List you'd like to share?? By all means!
=> Top 5 TV shows that premiered in 2022:
1. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2. Red Rose
3. Paper Girls
4. Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin
5. The Sandman